Tomato 4.5/5 |
Cabaret (1972) |
"Chilling Fosse vision of Weimar Berlin, stylishly directed and choreographed, featuring a show-stopping musical performance by Minnelli, Grey's unforgettable emcee and thoughtful acting from Michael York." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"While many films of this kind are undermined by amateurish performances, the main cast is solid and some of the supporting performances (many from non-professionals) are small gems." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) |
"A seminal horror movie, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was hailed upon its initial release as the first film to elevate the cinema from the realm of popular entertainment to that of high art." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005) |
"Fisher's dialogue draws heavily on the original film's intertitles and script directions and the addition of sound is a plus for moviegoers uncomfortable with the artificial embarrassment of silence." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Cable Guy (1996) |
"In all, about a third of the film (most of it contained in three extended sequences) is audaciously funny and genuinely disturbing. The rest will sorely test the devotion of Carrey's fans." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caché (2005) |
"A master of the icy yet visceral shock, Austrian-born Michael Haneke often turns his formidably unpleasant imagination to the movie equivalent of a cruel prank. But in Cache (Hidden), the subject matter is worthy of his nastiness ..." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caddyshack (1980) |
"A slapstick comedy featuring a host of great clowns." |
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Splat 1/4 |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"A historically suspect picture of the Chess Records legend." |
Matt Collar |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Cafe Lumiere (2004) |
"An original work by a filmmaker who throughout his career has absorbed the best of what Ozu had to teach, and as such it stands as beautiful tribute from one master to another." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caged Heat (1974) |
"An exciting film, and one that proves that even the most exploitative of films can make a relevant statement." |
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Tomato 4/4 |
The Caine Mutiny (1954) |
"Complex, atypical Bogie performance is keynote for strong drama from Pulitzer-winning novel and Broadway show." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"Calendar Girls remains true to the spirit of the engaging, real-life story which captured the attention of many around the world." |
Angel Cohn |
Tomato 3/4 |
California Split (1974) |
"A film such as this, which is essentially a series of comic vignettes without a plot, depends upon its performances, and both Gould and Segal are in top form." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
California Suite (1978) |
"An all-star bitch fest, slickly served." |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Caligula (1979) |
"Unpleasantly violent, often dull, and only intermittently sexy." |
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Splat 2/5 |
Callas Forever (2004) |
"Zeffirelli's slight 'what if...?' tale reduces the diva to a petulant drama queen d'un certain age throwing herself a world-class pity party, hardly an introduction likely to convert unbelievers to the cult of Callas." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/5 |
Calle 54 (2001) |
"This is one of the most infectiously joyous celebrations of musicmaking ever committed to film. See it and be ennobled." |
Steve Simels |
Splat 2/4 |
Calvaire (2005) |
"Naming one character after cult director Paul Bartel is obvious enough, but why saddle the other with the moniker of a notorious '70s porn star?" |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Camden 28 (2007) |
"Times have changed, but many of the questions remain the same: How far would you go to stop a war you felt was unjust? Would you break the law if you felt that law to be by nature unlawful?" |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
Camera Buff (1979) |
"A modest metaphorical examination of the problems and pressures suffered by artists in semi-authoritarian societies, the picture won the grand prize at the 1977 Moscow Film Festival." |
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Tomato 5/5 |
Camille (1937) |
"The great Garbo at her radiant peak, and certainly among the top five most romantic movies ever made." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Camp (2003) |
"The film is all about the musical numbers, and they're terrific." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2/4 |
Camp Nowhere (1994) |
"Elements were in place for a fun time here, but it just didn't happen..." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Campfire (2004) |
"Released as the settlements on the Gaza Strip were being dismantled, Cedar's film offers a refreshing new perspective of them and a sly critique of their origins." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2/4 |
Can't Buy Me Love (1987) |
"At times this is a funny, touching film, but more often it isn't." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) |
"It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 0/4 |
Can't Stop the Music (1980) |
"This botched affair... goes absolutely nowhere and failed to cause much of a stir with moviegoers who, by the time of its release, were jumping on the disco backlash bandwagon." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Candy (2006) |
"... Neil Armfield's film hits hard ..." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Candyman (1992) |
"Serious, straightforward cinematic terror is always hard to come by, but this literate shocker ranks among the best horror movies of the '90s." |
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Splat 0/4 |
Cannonball Run (1981) |
"This wholly derivative car-chase movie provides a flimsy excuse for good ol' boy Burt Reynolds to cavort on-screen with a cast that's chock-full of familiar faces." |
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Splat 2/4 |
El Cantante (2007) |
"Biopic clichés hamstring producer-star Jennifer Lopez's pet project, which purports to recount the rise and fall of pioneering salsa singer Hector Lavoe but devotes as much -- if not more -- screentime to his hellion wife." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Canterbury Tales (1971) |
"After the formidable commercial success of his bawdy Decameron, Pier Pasolini applied the same formula to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales with somewhat less appealing results." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
A Cantor's Tale (2006) |
"It's Mendelson's love of chazzanut, and of music in general, that drives this engaging film; anyone familiar with the power of music to transcend language and cut straight to powerful, transformative emotions will find his passion irresistible." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Canvas (2007) |
"Greco succeeds where many others have failed in giving a real sense of what it is to grow up with a parent who's hobbled by mental illness." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cape Of Good Hope (2005) |
"It's hopeful without being saccharine and predictable without making you feel stupid." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 4/5 |
Capitaine Conan (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Capote (2005) |
"The kind of devastating portrait Capote dispassionately penned about others; we're left with the chilling impression of a frightfully ambitious creature who got exactly what he wanted and was damned by his own answered prayers." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 4/5 |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"Think of it as the anti-Pearl Harbor. Relying more on story and character than special effects, this moving adaptation of Louis de Bernières novel achieves everything that Michael Bay's empty spectacle could not." |
Frank Lovece |
Tomato 3/5 |
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999) |
"Del Solar's performance as the quintessential company man gives the film an unexpected poignancy: Neither a rebel nor a conscienceless drone, he's a man who knows his limitations and tries to do his best within them." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 5/5 |
Captains Courageous (1937) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
La Captive (2001) |
"This film represents a perfect match of filmmaker and material." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2/4 |
Captivity (2007) |
"If critics offended by the rise of the horror-movie sub-genre they've derisively tagged 'torture porn' ever needed a prime suspect to haul before any moral court, the first 20 minutes of this brutal kidnapping thriller from Roland Joffe would work." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"Never less than gripping." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 1/4 |
The Car (1977) |
"Good score, OK crash sequences, and lots of unintentional laughs are the only reasons to sit through this movie." |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Car 54, Where Are You? (1993) |
"Quite simply, it isn't very funny." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Car Wash (1976) |
"Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm." |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Les Carabiniers (1963) |
"An ultraimpersonal exercise on the subject of war." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Caramel (2008) |
"A brisk dramatic comedy that combines melodrama, humor and social critique in equal measure." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Carandiru (2004) |
"This film's rhythms suggest nothing so much as a weirdly macho telenovela, full of family drama, isn't-it-ironic humor and maudlin twists of cruel fate." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Caravaggio (1986) |
"Marrying a painterly aesthetic with a defiantly homosexual sensibility, this ironic biopic is probably the most accessible film of avant-garde British director Derek Jarman." |
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